Mid-Atlantic (and beyond) MilAir 2025

[mdmonitor]

0905- DC ANG guys up again. A2A is 238.175.At least two maybe three acft. QSY to SADL channel 37. These guys might be going somewhere. Talk about using more fuel before going to the tanker. I see a couple of KC-46s hanging out in W107, so maybe that's where they are going. Didn't hear them on the usual UHF ATC freqs they use to get there.

0925- I see KC-46 Blue 71 inbound to McGuire.

 

[Mark]

No more Barnes F-15's.. Will keep their old squad freqs programmed so hopefully someday the new F-35's will use them

Last trio of legacy Eagles have left Barnes

Last trio of legacy Eagles have left Barnes On 23 October 2025, the last three McDonnel Douglas F-15 legacy Eagles left Barnes Air National Guard Base near Westfield (MA). Having o...

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[mdmonitor]

0940- Blackjacks up again. Freqs: 118.4/125.65/139.7

 

[Tech792]

No more Barnes F-15's.. Will keep their old squad freqs programmed so hopefully someday the new F-35's will use them

Last trio of legacy Eagles have left Barnes

Last trio of legacy Eagles have left Barnes On 23 October 2025, the last three McDonnel Douglas F-15 legacy Eagles left Barnes Air National Guard Base near Westfield (MA). Having o...

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I still remember when the A-10's were at Barnes like 25 years ago. All of their A/A was on low band. Miss those days.
34.17, 34.55, 34.75, 38.65, 41.95, 46.75, 64.10, 64.45
I used to watch them at the Warren Grove range on a regular basis.

 

[RaleighGuy]

POTUS heads home tomorrow...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2025
KST
12:55 PM (11:55PM Wednesday ET) THE PRESIDENT departs Gyeongju, South Korea, en route The White House

EDT
3:05 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives The White House

 

[rjbbufffly01]

Dutch group on the move. Currently crossing New York state SW bound. MMF30 A332 heard on 127.075. Air to air chatter on 245.275.

MMF 31 over Amsterdam NY.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Appears K35R 63-8039 RCH260 is having problems, unfortunately only seeing one side of conversation.

 

[rjbbufffly01]

Dutch group on the move. Currently crossing New York state SW bound. MMF30 A332 heard on 127.075. Air to air chatter on 245.275.

MMF 31 over Amsterdam NY.

MMF 31 refueling now (10:25 AM ET). Comms heard on 124.325 and 379.375 over western NY area

F35 AF313

 

[rjbbufffly01]

MMF 31 refueling now (10:25 AM ET). Comms heard on 124.325 and 379.375 over western NY area

F35 AF313

MMF32 air to air on 342.65

F35 pilots talking about being south of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Questioning why they didn't take a flight path over Niagara Falls. Maybe they'll do that on the way back.

 

[AFO]

I have 299.6, 245.275, 308.0, 308.1, 379.375, 342.65, 299.8

 

[rjbbufffly01]

KC46 Topcat 6 21-46091 joining C17 Polo 98 94-0067 on AR-206.

 

[Saint]

KC46 Topcat 6 21-46091 joining C17 Polo 98 94-0067 on AR-206.

I will be making a YouTube video of

KC46 Topcat 6 21-46091 joining C17 Polo 98 94-0067 on AR-206.

I saved the audio file.
Saint

 

[ecps92]

1525- DHS acft (call is 800) calling Base on 136.275.

Depending on your area, 275 could also be DOJ (as is here in New England) and 375 being DHS

 

[RaleighGuy]

@PenguinSix post on X about active air defence incident NE of Washington, DC today.

https://x.com/PenguinSix/status/1983654893740273897

 

[ecps92]

Depending on your area, 275 could also be DOJ (as is here in New England) and 375 being DHS

and the 800 call sign, forces me to go with DOJ

 

[john8436]

Short KC-46A update:

19-46008, AE574E - 17 test flights (must be a lot of bugs to fix on this early production model)
22-46105, AE63D5 - 05 test flights
22-46106, AE63D6 - 03 test flights
23-46108, AF8444 - 04 test flights
19-46109, AF4F4D - 01 test flight (first flight today 10/29/25)

22-46107, AE63D7 - has been spotted at PAE painted with no test flights yet

On 10/14/25 Boeing added 12 US Air Force KC-46A's to their production database. I assume that they are 22-46110 to 22-46121.

There are 2 Israeli Air Force KC-46's that have been spotted at PAE but have not taken any flights as of this time.
They are reg # 301 & 312 and Hex ID's have not been assigned.

 

[PenguinSix]

Active air defense incident near College Park. F-16s (BRAVE) from Andrews and USCG BLACKJACK scrambled. Lots of audio on KRANT between 1745-1815 ZULU.

 

[john8436]

1915 hrs Local: 2 PACK tankers passing through. They came up on 236.8200 heading to Langley (Area???)
At the same time, I am getting traffic on 314.400 which I have as VT ANG.

 

[jetcrafter]

721pm EDT
289.000 MAINE 87 working KING 76 coordinate their meet up in W-105 for some AR work.

 

[jetcrafter]

From recordings this morning:

0743AM EDT 307.775 REACH 876 and REACH 899 A-A on 507th ARW interplane freq. Took off from Bangor en route to Tinker.